High school football roundup | Aynor runs past Mullins

When BJ Haywood returned an interception for 60 yards in the second quarter, the game tilted in Aynor’s favor and the Blue Jackets football team rode the momentum en route to a 58-30 win over Mullins on Friday.

“It was a huge momentum swing in the football game when he made that play,” Aynor coach Jody Jenerette said. “BJ is a great kid. He’s really stepped up for us the last couple of weeks.”

Quarterback Nathan Peeples led the way for the Blue Jackets on offense as he went 5 for 7 with 213 yards and three touchdowns.

“I thought [Peeples] had the best game he’s played since he’s been here,” Jenerette said. “… But I thought we just had a good all-around performance.”

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Damion Riggins was one the main contributors for Aynor as he carried the ball 11 times for 141 yards and one score.

“Damion has been solid all season,” Jenerette said. “He was a little bottled up last week and we challenged him this week and it paid off. He’s been a good player all season for us.”

Hunter Windham had 20 carries for 58 yards with one receiving touchdown and had two interceptions on defense. Ronique Smith had 94 yards receiving with one touchdown reception and carried the ball five times for 45 yards.

Aynor improved to 7-2 overall, and 3-1 in Region VIII-AA. The Blue Jackets will host Loris, coming off a loss to Dillon, next Friday in a region showdown.

“They’re a good football team,” Jenerette said. “They had Dillon on the ropes [Friday], and Dillon beat us pretty bad. I hope we can hang around with them and make it a fourth quarter football game.”

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(At) South Florence 36, Conway 29 (OT)

| Conway quarterback Mykal Moody was stopped on the one-yard line in overtime as the Tigers suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Bruins.

Jamall Cain scored his second touchdown of the game in the fourth quarter for South Florence to give them a one-score lead and gave the ball to Moody and the Tigers with 3:50 left in the fourth quarter. Then, Moody fired a strike to Malcolm Green with 2:08 left to go to tie the game at 29.

The Bruins scored first in overtime, and that was all they needed as their defense showed up and shut down the Tigers on their final possession.

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(At) Carvers Bay 46, East Clarendon 8

| Dashaun Aiken completed 10 of 17 for 246 yards as Carvers Bay shut down East Clarendon with a big first quarter, holding the Wolverines to just one touchdown.

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